Chapter 21-Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy, 1800-1830

AP FRQ Essays:

• Compare and contrast Enlightenment and Romantic views of the relationship between God and the individual. (2005B)
• To what extent did Romanticism challenge Enlightenment views of human beings and  of the natural world? (2004A)
• Describe and analyze the differences in the ways in which artists and writers portrayed the individual during the Italian Renaissance and the Romantic era of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. (2002B)
• Discuss three developments that enabled Great Britain to achieve a dominant economic position between 1700 and 1830? (2000)

 Other Potential Essays:

• What were the main goals of Napoleon's domestic policies? Evaluate his success or failure in achieving these goals. Were his goals unrealistic?
• Evaluate the value of Napoleon's conquest of Europe in light of his attack on the Ancien Regime.
• Discuss the rise and fall of Napoleon.  Be sure to include an evaluation of the factors that made him an effective leader as well as the traits that led to his demise.
• "The Romantic Movement was an extreme reaction to the enlightenment, so extreme that it set back the cause of human progress."  Support or refute.
• Discuss some of the ways that Romantic musicians, writers, and artists responded to political and socioeconomic conditions from the period 1800 to 1850.  Document your response with specific examples from at least 2 of the 3 disciplines: visual arts, music, and literature.
• Napoleon I is sometimes called the greatest enlightened despot.  Evaluate this assessment in terms of Napoleon I's policies and accomplishments.  Be sure to include a definition of enlightened despotism in your answer.
• Evaluate Metternich's attempts to maintain the old order in Europe. Be sure to discuss their short term and long term success.
• Compare and contrast conservatism, nationalism, and liberalism.